UDAYANAIllustrated Classics From India Udayana ‘Adapted from Bhasa’s Swapna-Vasavadatta ‘The story of King Udayana of Kaushambi is an interesting one, adapted from the Sanskrit play Swapna- \Vasavadatta attributed to the playwright Bhasa. It is one of the 13 Sanskrit dramas discovered in 1912 by Pandit Ganapati Shastri in South India. Bhasa probably belonged to a period some 100-200 years before the great poet Kalidasa (who lived in the 4th century AD), as Kalidasa often referred to Bhasa with reverence. sin the midst of political turmoil, the kingdom of Kaushambi is under threat. King Udayana, besotted with his new queen, had been neglecting his royal duties. To save the kingdom, Udayana’s beloved ‘queen Vasavadatta disguises as Avantika and begins to live with Princess Padmavati of Magadh unbeknownst to Udayané Yaugandharayana, Ironically, to save the kingdom of Kaushambi, Udayana destined to marry Padmavati. Stories of Udayana and Vasavadatta were well-known in the world of ancient Indian literature. The story described in this Amar Chitra Katha is exciting and romantic, complete with twists and turns, hidden identities and secret agendas. Script: Kamala Chandrakant Illustrations: H.S. Chavan2-== BS 4 ie i) / Was| AT THAT MOMENT RUMANVAN, ANOTHER MINISTER, CHARGED INTO THE HALL. ARUNI'S, TROOPS ARE CLOSING IN ON KAUSHAMBI— AND ON US. THE KING! | MUST GET HIM AWAY TO SAFETY . HARNESS: THE CHARIOT. ‘YOUR MAJESTY, WE MUST LEAVE FOR LAVANAKA IMMEDI— ATELY. THERE 1S NO TIME TO. EXPLAIN. P BRINGING THE CHARIO” ARUNI’S TROOPS ARE STORMING /, YAUGANDHARAYANA, VASANTAKA (THE VANAKA «ON THE LET THEM. RIGHT \ NOW MY HEART KNOWS NO STORMS IT IS FULL OF ay LOVE.DAYANA SETTING UP CAMP AT LAVANAKA, YRUGANDHARA— WANA FOUND TIME TO RELAX, THINK AND PLAN. VFonrsiaKa oF maGHADA COULD BE THE POWERFUL. ALLY I NEED FOR THIS. HE IS AS MIGHTY AS PRADYOTA. IT 1S PROPHESIED THAT UDAYANA WILL MARRY DARSHAKA'S SISTER, PADMAVATI, AND ONLY THEN WILL ARUNI BE CRUSHED. IF ONLY OUR KING WOULD APPROACH DAR- PF ...BuT WITH VASAVADATTA () BY HIS SIDE,UDAYANA WILL §} NOT HEAR OF THIS NOR WILL DARSHAKA RISK THE HAPPINESS OF HIS SISTER.1 MUST HASTEN THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY. JAND « BU‘amar chitra katha, THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE GREATER WAS HIS CONVICTION THAT HE NEEDED VASAVADATTA AS AN ACCOMPLICE. aa \ F YOUR HELP TO SAVE HE KINGDOM AND — « a4 2 a \ BS" am most ~S WILLING TO HELP. WHAT CAN | DOS WiLL YOU DO AS | HAVE FULL Fara [YAUGANDHARAYANA THEN WENT 70 [ 1 SAY, ASKING NO Jf{ IN YOUR LOYALTY To | |RUMANUAN QUESTIONS ® MY LORD AND TO ME. HAVE A PLAN TOY” No. ieLUDAYANA, IAFEW DAYS LATER,WHEN LIDAYANA WAS QUT YAUGANDHARAYANA THEN WENT} |HUNTING — GET THE MEN Ol ' OF THEIR TENTS ON ANY PRETEXT. SAY YOU HAVE AN W/m Laby, —\\ D7 GO AND WAIT ‘AT SOME. DISTANCE 2 FROM THE CAMP. ss 1 WILL JOIN = YOU THERE. _ 45. SOON AS RUMANVAN HAD COLLECTED THE MEN AROUND HIM, YAUGANDHARAYANA SET FIRE TO VASAVADATTA’S TENT» BY THE TIME THE MEN NOTICED THE FIRE, QUITE A FEW TENTS WERE ABLAZE. | vgaen) Val SOL/ S12) IN HER TENT. x ey,YOUR IDENTITY TO UDAYANA OR Zo= ANYONE ELSE TILL | GIVE YOU 1 WILL LEAVE HER IN THE MAGADHA ON A SOME PRETEXT. {7 \ L ( , WM | 6DAYANA A FEW HOURS LATER, UDAYANA RETURNED TO THE CAMP. A FIRE! WHERE 1S ‘THE QUEEN AND 4AUGANDHARAYANA HAVE. PERISHED IN THE FIRE. [UDAYANA PICKED UP THE CHARRED REMAINS OF VASAVADATTA’S ORNAMENTS» FA VASAVADATTA MY DEAR QUEEN! THERE 18 NO LIFE FOR ME. WITHOUT, you. § THIS WAS THE PLACE WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRST QUARREL, & { \) / SHE SAT ENTRANCED AS : (a ff 1 PLAYED THE VEENA FOR HER. nN x ~S fe, 2 TN ee Peeamar chitra katha. HIS QUEEN DEAD \\ AND HIS KINGDOM LOST ! OUR KING 1S STEEPED IN LET VASANTAKA 60 wiTH You TO CHEER THE KIN 2 /- THE REST STAY RUMANVAN CAME OUT WITH HIS PROPOSAL: AND SEEK DARSHAKA’S 2—= SOME OF YOU TAKE THE KING TO MAGADHA HELP TO QUELL ARUNI. THEY SUCCEEDED IN PERSUADING THE KING TO FALL IN WITH THEIR PLANS. | HAVE DONE aes PART. ( THE REST 15 UP TO So [MEANWHILE YRUGANDHARAYANA, DISGUISED AS A HERMIT WITH VASAVADATTA AS HIS YOUNGER SISTER,REACHED A FOREST NEAR RAJAGRIHA, THE CAPITAL OF MAGADHA- —S\ LOOK, MY LADY, A HERMITAGE . LET US HALTDAYANA CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE PRINCESS. HARDSHIPS OF THE JOURNEY. IS ON HER WAY TO RAJA— my GRIHA. SHE WILL HALT 15 DESTINED TO) TO HER AS IF ‘MARRY. FATE HAS 4 TOA SISTER! MADE MY TASK EASIER.amar chitra katha ‘AS PADMAVATI GOT DOWN FROM THE ELEPHANT AND APPROACHED THE HERMIT THERE SHE 15 BEAUTIFUL Y/ AND HAS THE | REGAL BEARING. MAY YOU LIVE LONG. WELCOME TO THE HERMITAGE. oC i, ceca 1 SALUTE YOU, HOLY ONE- HER WORDS MATCH HER REGAL BEARING. yOu HAVE MADE ME FEEL AT HOME HERE. 1AM GRATEFUL . THE HERMIT THEN ADDRESSED THE MAID. ve KING YET SOUGHT THE HAND OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHED PRINCESS? VA YES. KING. ( [ Pravvora oF \§ UJAIN HAS M of All! THAT BRINGS HER gl CLOSER TO ME.DAYANA | PADMAVATI MEANWHILE YAUGANDHARAYANA WHO WAS STANDING NEAR BY STEPPED) APPROACHED THE YARD. VY CHAMBERLAIN « - if pe HAVE YOU FOUND ANY MENDICANT WHO WILL FAVOUR US BY ACCEPTING OUR GIFTS © YOUR REQUEST FULFILS THE PURPOSE OF MY SOJOURN HERE. TWANT YOUR HIGHNESS \'1 AM TO BE LEFT HERE! \A@Iy/| ‘How CAN WE AGREE HOW TO LOOK AFTER MY WITH THEM !1 SUPPOSE CAN WE TAKE THE SISTER, AVANTIKA, FOR, THE WISE MINISTER RESPONSIBILITY © SOME TIME. HER HUSBAND, HAS HIS OWN 1S AWAY, AND 1AM A REASONS. MENDICANT. \ - IT 1S IMPROPER TO WITHDRAW AN OFFER ALREADY MADE.WE SHALL TAKE CHARGE OF THE GIRL.amar chitra katha. 1AM INDEBTED COME TO MY RETINUE, TO YOUR TILL YOUR BROTHER HIGHNESS- SA MENDICANT’S RETURNS FOR YOu. SISTER, AND YET ARISTOCRATIC ! KEEN ON GETTING TIDINGS OF THE TO THE HERMITAGE , A WANDERING SCHOLAR. OHINO!A 3 OUTSIDE WORLD, YAUGANDHARAYANA QUESTIONED THE SCHOLAR. LAVANAKA. | WAS| A STUDENT MEN. MY WARD mMusT BE SHIELDED. HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR WORK AT LAVANAKA 2 NO! FLED LAVANAKA @ BECAUSE THE TRAGEDY THAT BEFELL THE VATSA KING, UDAYANA, LEFT. ‘THE VILLAGE DESOLATE, Bs ANAWHAT WAS 11S A LONG THE TRAGEDY® ] STORY. LET’S ALL BE SEATED AND PLL TELL YOu. WHILE THE SCHOLAR TOLD HIS TALE —| IY HEART 1 SET ON f MARRYING THE }EREFT UDAYANA. BUT WILL HE MARRY AGAING| DEAR HUSBAND, WERE IT NOT FOR HIS GOOD MINISTER, RUMANVAN, THE KING WOULD SURELY HAVE GIVEN UP HIS LIFE. Jf HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE | HOW 1 LONG TOBE SAFE IN YOUR PADMAVATI SAW THE TEARS ROLL \DOWN VASAVADATTA’S CHEEKS - EYES | YOU ARE TOO TENDER HIGHNESS IS RIGHT. IF YOUR HIGH- INESS PERMITS, g 1 WOULD LIKE TO GO NOW. 4 ‘SAD WHEN YOU ARE GONE ® YAUGANDHARAYANA LEFT. THE OTHERS RETIRED FOR THE NIGHT AND SET OUT THE NEXT MORNING FOR RAJAGRIHA.omar chitra katha |A FEW DAYS LATER, UDAYANA ,VASANTAKA AND A FEW |ATTENDANTS REACHED THE COURT OF LSEEK YOUR SUPPORT TO CRUSH THE UPSTART ARUNI. r WELCOME, O VALIANT ’ KING. WHAT BRINGS YOU NAYES TO OUR KINGDOM 2 |DARSHAKA , LIKE MANY OTHERS BEFORE HIM, WAS AT ONCE | { HOW SAD THAT THIS HAND- ‘SOME ,NOBLE KING , SHOULD HAVE LOST HIS WIFE SO TRA- OY GICALLY. | SHALL OFFER HIM Sate, NOT ONLY THE FULL SUPPOR} OF MY ARMY BUT THE HAND OF MY DEAR SISTER, a> PADMAVATI,AS WELL. WHILE PADMAVATI, VAGAVADATTA AND A LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ? m EVER— YOU FUTURE QUEEN THERE . NOW OF UJAINI. 11’S YOUR ENOUGH, AVANTIKA | HAVE HAD ENOUGH. 1AM TIRED:THAT FUTURE IS NOT TO ‘THE LIKING OF OUR PRINCESS. SHE WOULD BE WIFE TO UDAYANA, THE VATSA UDAYANA BUT, PRINCESS, NOT AT ALL! SUPPOSING HE IS THE HE IS UGLY & HANDSOMEST ss IN THE LAND. YAUGANDHARAYANA - THANK GOD | HAVE AN ANSWER } EVERYONE IN UJJAINI [PRINCESS , YOU ARE BETROTHED TO UDAYANA, KING OF VATSA- : RNY HOW 15 THAT HIS NY GRIEF WAS SO GREAT. Q COULD HE HAVE FORGOTTEN ME SO SOON?HE CAME HERE YESTERDAY omar chitra katha NO! HE CAME HE ON SOME OTHER MATTER) WHEN OUR KING A OFFERED THE HAND OF OUR PRINCESS. OH! HE 1S BLAMELESS ‘COME AWAY, PRINCESS - THE DAY 1S AUSPICIOUS JAND THE WEDDING MUST TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY, THIS THEN WAS THE MINISTER'S PLAN TO SAVE THE STATE; AN ALLIANCE WITH THE MIGHTY KING OF MAGADHA.| HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF STATECRAFT. NONE TO TURN TO. TO MY PARENTS AND} EVEN MY HUSBAND AFTER A WHILE, SHE WENT INDOORS AND TRIED TO SLEEP AWAY HER SORROWS.DAYANA THE NEAT MORNING , PADMAVATI, VASAVADATTA AND A FEW MAIDS WERE BACK IN THE i IT IS STRANGE.1 HAVE \e 24h WHAT WOULD B74 SHE KNOW OF SAA THE MISERIES w= OF SEPAR— fe EVEN A MOMENTARY SEPARATION MAKES f) ME MISERABLE. B ATION @ [/1 wonveR. DID VASAVADATTA LOVE My LORD AS MUCH AS 1002 PADMAVATI WAS ONCE AGAIN STARTLED BY HER VEHEMENCE . =P... HAVE IF SLIPPED \ WOULD SHE HAVE you KNOW®/ AGAIN. J ABANDONED HER PARENTS FOR HIM 2 1 SUPPOSE. ‘MY NOBLE LORD! V) come, avanriKa. SINCE YOU ARE )| sty OF MEN WE WILL HIDE IN THAT BOWER.amar chitra katha FROM WHERE THEY WERE ,THE TWO PRINCESSES COULD LISTEN TO UDAYANA AND VASANTAKA - WHOM DO You Z LIKE BETTER © THE QUEEN YOU LOST OR THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW © QUESTION THAT HAS, BOTHERED ME® | WILL NOT | ANSWER THAT 1AM YOUR FRIEND- QUESTION. i P| \CONFIDE IN ME. WELL, | ADMIRE PADMAVAT! BUT MY HEART— IT STILL BELONGS TO. VASAVADATTA -AND | HOPE IT WILL BE 50 FOREVER | MY SUFFERINGS HAVE BEEN WELL REWARDED. MY ROLE NOW BEGINS TO BE DELIGHTFUL + LUDAYANA BUT PADMAVATI STOOD UP FOR HER HUSBAND- BPR (104 pre weona. Ate THE MORE GALLANT IS HE. HIS LOVE 16 NOT FICKLE AND 1S WORTH WINNING. MY LORD WOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO SEE US HERE.LET US SLIP AWAY. “YES. LET’S DO SO. NO. YOU GO TO HIM. HE IS DESOLATE- / WE WILL GO AWAY-/|= amar chitra katha BUT AFTER WHAT SHE HAD OVERHEARD , PRDMAVATI WAS DIFFIDENT. DO YOU REALLY FEEL | OUGHT To? MY LADY! YOU ARE IN TIME. SOME POLLEN FLEW INTO HIS HIGHNESS’S EYES. THEY BEGAN TO WATER AND HIS FACE IS WET. PLEASE TAKE THIS TO HIM, SHE TOOK THE WATER AND STOOD BEFORE UDAYANA- 7 PADMAVATI, WEL — COME PLEASE SIT DOWN. MY EYES ARE SENSITIVE TO POLLEN SHE 1S NO DouBT \o UNDERSTANDING » BUT THE HEARTS OF WOMEN ARE SENSITIVE. BE. SIDES SHE IS.a 7 ae ar ES \ 1 [IX rove 4 /MEANWHILE VASAVADATTA, HAD IMESSAGE, CAME THERE AND MISTOOK LIDAYANA | |FOR PRDMAVATI- Ki - ef })[SUDDENLY, SHE WAS STARTLED BY UDAYANA’S VOICE IT1S MY Wy LORD, NOT ' O VASAVADATTA PADMAVATI- wo HAS HE SEEN ME 2 HAVE 1 BROKEN LUDAYANA UDAYANA CALLED AGAII ») PY THANK GOD! Y HE SPEAKS IN HIS o/| SLEEP. THERE 19 2 NO ONE HERE. I’LL WAIT FOR A WHILE AND FEED mY HUNGRY HEART MY DEAR WIFE. mY BELOVED PUPIL.WHY ARE YOU NOT ADORN- AS VASAVADATTA WALKED TO THE DOOR, UDAYANA NO, DEAR ONE, NOT ANGRY BUT HERE TOO LONG. ’D BETTER GO BEFORE | AM DISCOVERED. SUDDENLY WOKE UP AND RAN AFTER HER.FRIEND! | HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YQU- VASAVADATTA IS ALIVE. | HAVE JUST SEEN HER. RUMANVAN MUST HAVE LIED TO ME. IMPOSSIBLE! DREAMT OF BUT UDAYANA REFUSED TO GIVE UP THE BELIEF THAT VAGAVADATTA WAS NO. NO! IT STARTED Bee AS A DREAM. BUT | WOKE UP AND IT WAS REAL. HER FACE—PALE AND UNADORNED LIKE A LADY PROTECTING HER VIRTUE WHEN AWAY FROM HER LORD. YOUR HIGHNESS, PLEASE - DO NOT MAKE YOURSELF AN OBJECT OF RIDICULE. YOUR MINISTER RUMANVAN |S HERE WITH A LARGE ARMY. MY FORCES ARE AT YOUR] DISPOSAL-GO. MAKE THE VATSA KINGDOM YOURS AGAIN- VICTORY TO YOU-DAYANA UDAYANA ,NOW THAT HE HAD HOPES OF SEEING VASAVADATTA AGAIN, WAS FILED WITH A NEW LIFE. PLEASE CONVEY MY GRATITUDE TO HIS HIGHNESS - HIS HELP. ) WILL NOT BE IN VAIN. 1 WILL NOT RETURNARUNI HAS SURRENDERED - LONG LIVE UDAYANA , KING OF VATSA. RUMANVAN, MAKE. ARRANGEMENTS TO LEAVE FOR RAJAGRIHA ATANWHILE , DURING THE WHOLE PERIOD | | BUT VASAVADATTA HAD WORRIED UNNECESS— WHEN LIDAYANA WAS AWAY, VASAVADATTA| \ARILY.A FEW DAYS LATER, AT THE PALACE HAD BEEN TORTURED BY MIXED FEELINGS . UDAYANA, WE COME FROM UWJAINI- PLEASE TELL KING UDA- = YANA THAT A CHAMBER— IT 1S GOOD TO LAIN AND A MATRON FROM KNOW THAT MY ‘THE COURT OF THE MIGHTY -LORD WILL RULE IN \ PRADYOTA ARE HERE TO GLORY ONCE MORE Z\ SEE HIM ,WITH MESSAGES! a iE KING AND —BUT WITH PADMA- ene ; Queen. | VATI BY HIS SIDE! 3 WHAT IS TO BECOME OF ME 2 HAS THE MINISTER FORSAKEN] THEN YOU HAVE MY LORD, 1S IT HEARD. IT IS NOBLE PRUDENT TO HAVE ME OF YOU TO THINK OF V SEATED BY YOUR SIDE? VASAVADATTA’S: : WOULD IT NOT PAIN RELATIVES AS THEM TO SEE ME IN THE YOUR OWN- PLACE OF THEIR BELOVED PRINCESS. YOU ARE NOT ONLY NOBLE BUT THOUGHT- FUL TOO. NO! YoU WILL SIT BY ME. | NEED you.| HAVE SOME SLIGHT Y THE FAULT IS REASON TO BE NOT IN YOu. NO | NERVOUS.| ELOPED | ONE CAN BE WITH THEIR SAVED FROM THE DAUGHTER AND CLUTCHES OF /'\ FAILED TO PROTECT HER- THE VISITORS FROM UJJAIN! ARE AT THE DOOR- IN AT ONCE. WELCOME . WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE © | HOPE ALL 1S WELL WITH HIS ~HIGHNESS AND THEY ARE WELL MY LORD.MY KING SENDS) HIS CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY OVER YOUR ENEMIES. j (How Gracious! | ELoPED WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND FAILED TO PROTECT HER- YET THE KING HAS ONLY GOOD WORDS FOR ME-UOAYANA WHAT DOES THE ACCEPT THIS PORTRAIT| | PSOMAVATI WAS CURIOUS TO SEE VIRTUOUS QUEEN OF VASAVADATTA AND | |THE PORTRAIT OF THE GIRL WHOSE HAVE TO SAY® YOU, FROM US.WE HAD | |DEATH HER HUSBAND MOURNED SO = IT DRAWN TO SOLEMNISE| J YOUR WEDDING AS YOU ‘MY LORD; 1 WOULD DID NOT WAIT FOR THE LIKE TO SEE THE RITES »MAY IT CONSOLE PORTRAIT, AND TO YOU. VASAVADATTA HAS| PAY MY RESPECTS \ dp PASSED AWAY TOMY ELDER SISTER. MATRON SHOWED HER THE PICTURE. | {YOUR COMPANION, Vl/ BUT SHE WiLL NOT VATI WAS STARTLED. 7 AVANTIKA © APPEAR BEFORE [SHE 1S THE REPLICA SEND Foe ee, MEN. IT IS LIKE OF AVANTIKA , MY COMPANION. AT ONCE. PADMAVAT! TOLD UDAYANA HOW |AVANTIKA CAME TO BE IN HER CHARGE: SHE FINISHED, AN ATTENDANT CAME IN. MENDICANT OF UJJAIN! 15 AT THE DOOR. HE HAS COME FOR HIS SISTER. 2amar chitra katha — 7IT 15 AVANTIKA’S, | WHEN PADMAVATI TOLD VASAVADATTA THAT \ BROTHER, MY LORD. THANK GOD! HE DID REMEMBER ME! FETCH AVANTIKA. \ NOW WHAT © PLL HAVE THE } MENDICANT BROUGHT IN. ‘YAUGANDHARAYANA! VASAVADATTA ! THIS 15 NO DREAM. ” AVANTIKA— VASAVADATTAL No! 7 DEAD SILENCE FOLLOWED THESE REMARKS. THEN PADMAVATI SUDDENLY CAME AND EET « FELL AT VASAVADATTA’S FEE: RISE, MY SISTER.YOU 7 your mavesty, Va LOVED ME WELL AND FORGIVE ME FOR IEA TWAS HAPPY HERE. sq = TREATING YOU AS A MERE COMPANION. FDAYANA THEN YAUGANDHARAYANA SPOKE. MY AIM WAS TO SAVE PLEASE PARDON ME, KAUSHAMBI FOR MY YOUR MAJESTY - Z b| ROYAL MASTER AND I CONCEALED THE QUEEN VASAVADATTA. QUEEN: | AM GUILTY eG | OF A GRAVE HE DID AND VASANTAKA THE ROGUES. BUT ALL HAS UJJAIN. PADMAVATI MUST PAY HER RESPECTS TO THE QUEEN MOTHER.THEY'RE COMING! 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TANAPRATAP BHAGAWAT THE KRISHNA SYAMANTAXA GEM THE MOUSE MERCHANT, THE RANA SANGA Aaa eww NANDVISHALA, RAN DURGAVAT DASHA AVATAR _ | toon STORES OF COURAGE RAN OFIHANS! Jesus CRS UANSHADS, TALES FROM STORES OF WISDOM RANIT SINGH MARA “a a MSBUN IO VAUMIKIS RAMAYANA, & THE ROUTE TO YOUR ROOTSIllustrated Classics From India Great Sanskrit Plays This Amar Chitra Katha comprises of stories based on three great Sanskrit plays: Udayana, Vasantasena and Ratnavali. The story of King Udayana of Kaushambi is an interesting one, adapted from Bhasa’s Swapnavasavadatta, Under the instruction of their wise and loyal minister Yaugandharayana, Udayana’s beloved queen Vasavadatta, disguises as Avantika and begins to live with Princess Padmavati of Magadha as her maid, Ironically, to save the kingdom of Kaushambi, Uda destined to mary Padmavati. Bhasa probably belonged to a period some 100-200 years before the great poet Kalidasa (who lived in the 4th century AD), as Kalidasa often referred to Bhasa with reverence. Vasantasena is an ing story with myriad twists and turns in the plot, adapted from Mrichchakatikam (The Clay Cart) by Shudraka. This tale contains a number of romantic and exciting characters like the wealthy and beautiful dancer Vasantasena who loves the noble but impoverished merchant Charudatta, and Vasantasena’s faithful stave Madanika whois loved by the brave Sharvilaka, who in tur is involved inthe usurped Prince Aryaka' struggle to regain his kingdom. Ratnaval is attributed to Emperor Harsha, who ruled from Kanauj in the 7th century AD. Princess Ratnavali of Simhala is shipwrecked en route to Kaushambi where she was going in order to marry King Udayana, her betrothed. The king’s wise minister, Yaugandharayana, recognises her, but to bide for time he entrusts her to Queen Vasavadatta, her own cousin, as a maid named Sagarika. The stories Udayana and Ratnavali have the same characters, and the same elements of romance and mystery. Editor: Anant Pai Related Titles Great Plays of Kalidasa * Benj Buddhist Tales * Stories from Sanskrit Drama Kannagi * Rabindranath Tagore * Uloopi 1sON 81-8682-055-x MH 851841820551 Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd.